The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-01
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatche,
FROM WASHINGTON.

HE exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearinghouse In the UniieI States during
the week ended on the I9sh aggr gated
81, It's. 294 .638, againsS $963, 459. OS3 the
previous week As co npar,d with the
corresponding week Of 1886 the increase
amounts to Z per mt
SECRETARY WHITNLY who returned to
washington ON the 1lst was said to be
greatly improved IN heal6h.
IT was reported on the 21st that Mr.
Sparks WIS seeking . vindicat on of his
conduct rs Lind Commissions by an cleo
ton to Congress
ATToRNEY-GENERAL GARLAND. in q letter
to Secretary Lamar on the I'D, rendered
m important decision in regard TO tn . land
grant Claims He construed the act as
granting priority to bona fide settlers
THE EAST.
ON the evening of TIE Goth the main
building of p T. Barnum's show. al Bridge
port, Conn, was destroyed by fire. and
three elephants all the trick ponies and
r ng anm lis perished in tie flames Loss,
500 600; insurance. 100000
A CONFERENCE has been called by the New
York State Anti-Saloon R publ an LIE que
to be held at Syracuse on December B and
IL. They declare in their circular that the
late election showed that the liquor inter
ests are inimical to the Republican party,
and hat the pirty has nothing to lose by
taking stand against them.
AT eleven o'clock on the night Of the 10 b
the Dutch steamer w. A Scaot, en-, en- route
from Rotterdam, Holland, for New York,
wins snnx by q coils on with the steamer
Rosa Mary. ten miles of Dover and ovel
one hundred of the persons on board were
drowned
A WOMAN named Mirande and her twelve
year-old daughter, who, it was feared, were
genuine lepers, were placed In the hospital
for contagious diseases At Philadelphia on
the 2lst.
JACOB ScHwAB, the well-known importer
of laces, fell down the elevator shaft in his
warehouse at New York on the 21st and
was instantly killed
HENRY Y. LESLIE and James A. L Wilson,
who, while secretary and treasurer, respec.
lively. OF the Delaware and Chesapeake
Canal Company ut Philadelphia embezz ed
nearly 500, 900, pleaded guilty on the 21sl
and Were sentenced to eight and six years
respec lively, in the penitentiary
In trying to get jury to try johann
Most ut New York on the 22d, nearly al
the men examined expressed an aversion
for anarchy In general, and o particula,
aversion for the defendant
GEORGE Francis TRAIN has given up the
intention OF expatriaton He stated or
the 22l that his daughter Sue" the chill
dren, and the birds were pulling him back
to II Olson Square
JOHN MCKAY defeated Peter Conley, in
three-mile boat race at Bos on on the 22d
by several lengths, in 21 minutes and 81
seconda
JOHANN MOST was put on trial on the 23G
ct New York. and the State rested its case
after proving that Most made threatening
speech, concluding with the words ~ am
an Anarchist! Rise, anarchy! Long may
1t live" A reporter testified that he ';diG
not take notes at the meeting because he die
not WANT to be carried out deadn
The notorious ''Owl" gang and number
of Italians engaged in fight at Pittsburgh
on the Oath, two men being shot ant
twelve or fifteen otherwise wounded, bu
none received fatal injurieA